Monthly Archives: April 2010

5 Techniques To Make Your Photos Look Good

by Lia
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5 Techniques To Make Your Photos Look Good

With the invention of the digital camera, more and more people are making photography their hobby. But you know, just because you have the best or an expensive camera doesn’t automatically mean that you can take good photos. While I suggest that people read about basic photography or attend photography workshops to be able to use the full potential of your digital cameras, if you’re well-versed in using Photoshop, here are a few photo editing techniques to make your photos look good. 1. Go Black and White. There are some photos that look good in color, but there are also some photos that become more powerful when turned black and Read more »

The ultimate website for movie spoilers

by Robin Parrish
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The ultimate website for movie spoilers

Okay, so you’re at work, and you want to contribute to the watercooler conversation about the latest movie that just came out. But for whatever reason, you haven’t had the time or the money or whatever to go see it yet. Maybe you’re like me and have two small kids and no babysitter available to go on a date night with the wife. Now on the whole, as a professional storyteller myself, I abhor spoilers. I despise them, and judge all who partake of them. They completely rob you of the experience intended by the storyteller. In short: they are of-the-devil. But even I have to sympathize with feeling left out of Read more »

Unboxing the iPad infographic

by Darice de Cuba
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Unboxing the iPad infographic

Johnathan Bonnell and John Kumahara have created/designed an infographic detailing recent data statistics about the iPad. Besides being beautiful designed the infographic contains interesting facts such as usage intention and amount iPad sold compared to the first iPhone. The majority of users will use the iPad to browse the internet, email and read books. Surprisingly only 26% will download(purchase) an app. Although maybe not that surprisingly considering an iPad app is an average of three dollars more expensive then an iPhone app. I know I won’t buy apps as easy on the iPad as on the iPhone, it’s much easier to spend a max of one dollar and buy 5 Read more »

SCOTTeVEST: The Ultimate Gadget Receptacle

by Noemi Twigg
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I got an e-mail from a reader bringing my attention to the SCOTTeVEST – something that I hadn’t heard about back then. I did take a look at the video on YouTube, and found myself slightly amused. Check it out and let me know what you think. I am a skeptical person, so it is not a surprise that I cannot make myself believe that all those gadgets actually fit into the SCOTTeVEST! And, not that I am an expert in analyzing videos, but this one doesn’t seem to ring quite true; so I went to the web site of the product, and guess what I found? This travel vest Read more »

Pixels – If Video Games Fought Back

by Kevin
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PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Watch original web videos. My life has revolved around video games ever since I could remember. When I was a kid, I was in competition with Bryan Roda. I had an Atari 2600 which I loved, but sometime after I moved next door to him, he got an Atari 7200 which he played on his mammoth 32-inch TV. And it was in his bedroom, too! Between that and the G.I.Joe Aircraft carrier, old Bryan had a few edges on me, and it was quite upsetting. Flash to middle school, and my life with Nintendo Power magazine. I had a subscription since the Read more »

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Limited Edition Box is worth your $100

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Limited Edition Box is worth your $100

It’s about twice as expensive as the more engaging limited edition sets. Perhaps the last limited ed box set I bought was that from Warhammer Online, which set me back by around USD $20 more than the regular retail set. The thing with limited edition boxes is that gaming companies have been known to insert nothing more than the wastage of whatever happens in the perimeter of game development — mostly in the form of concept art compiled into a nice bound book. At least Warhammer came with a figurine and a prologue comic series. Starcraft II Wings of Liberty is expensive. But it will be well worth your while. Read more »

Giveaway: Win Free iPhone Tiki Case from PocketMac

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Giveaway: Win Free iPhone Tiki Case from PocketMac

“It looks like something’s eating my phone.” Our good friend Tim at PocketMac has a new venture. Beyond his oh-so-serious sync applications, together with his brother they’ve studied (for 6 months!) the art of Tiki-fying the iPhone. Tim has spent a considerable amount of time marketing this case — watch the video — and the copy is stock witty. Welcome the Tiki Case, a Portable Polynesian God that protects your iPhone. iTiki is more than just the original tiki-based iPhone case. It’s the silicone incarnation of the same spirit who, according to legend, created the first woman. When he got thirsty, he invented really tasty rum drinks. Now the iTiki Read more »

Outfit Your Office – Lightsaber Nightlight

by Kevin
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Outfit Your Office – Lightsaber Nightlight

I’m always looking for cool things for my house. See, as an adult male this pains me to say this, but I’m just gonna go ahead and do it. I watch MTV’s Teen Cribs. I know, that’s retarded. But these kids have crazy houses with crazy stuff in them, and I like to see what kind of stuff they come up with. Whether it’s an in-house bowling alley, or a nutty tree house. I love that stuff, but I understand that it makes me a horrible person. Now I don’t make $5 billion a year – just $2.5 billion, sorry – so I take the things that I see on Read more »

iPhone getting its own social gaming network

by Robin Parrish
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iPhone getting its own social gaming network

The iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad are about to get their very own version of Xbox Live or PlayStation Network. As part of the new features unveiled today for iPhone OS 4 (but no new hardware was announced, sorry), Apple is this summer launching a feature called Game Center, which adds friend invites, multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, and leader boards to iPhone and iPad games. iPhone and iPod Touch users will get OS 4 around late June, while iPad users will have to wait until sometime this Fall. This is such a no-brainer for Apple, it’s a wonder they haven’t done it before now. iTunes offers more than 50,000 game apps, Read more »